No one tells you what to do if you completely flop at the beginning of a performance.

Music is a continual learning process. One finds new insights all the time. For me, it began at a very early age; from the beginning, there was something besides the notes.

When you play a violin piece, you are a storyteller, and you're telling a story.

When you play for ticket-holders, you are already validated. I have no sense that I need to be accepted. I'm already accepted.

Our performance was not good. We weren't in it from the beginning.

You might think that after 40 years of practice you wouldn't need to practice anymore, but sadly it doesn't work that way. You still have to keep chugging away and perfecting.